> I genuinely don't understand the appeal of AI for search. The provenance of information is just as important as the resulting information for pretty much anything I search for.

Search requires work on the part of the user to distinguish between good links and bad. AI is an oracle just tells you what you're looking for.

Now you and I might think this is a terrible way to evaluate the veracity of information. But think about the new generation of mobile-native users who were raised on simplistic discourse in tweet-length messages, and would rather watch a 1-min video on a topic than scan search results for 30 seconds.

For this group, searching for information where more than 2 clicks is required is going to be a "too complicated", anda "bad user experience".